They co-created a second, far more successful, legal drama series, The Good Wife, which ran for seven seasons from 2009 to 2016 on CBS.[4] Aside from the pilot episode, they co-wrote the episodes "Stripped",[5] "Unorthodox",[6] "Hi",[7] and twelve other episodes. King and the writing staff were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series for The Good Wife.[8]

Robert and Michelle King also created and produced the comedy thriller drama series BrainDead, which aired on CBS on June 13, 2016 thru October 17, 2016 before it was cancelled.[9] The couple then returned to their The Good Wife spin-off The Good Fight as showrunners.